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Articles

The surprising inspiration for that crazy Warg in ‘The Rings of Power’

Posted onDecember 13, 2022January 11, 2023

Chihuahuas can be scary. But the real reason it served as reference for the Warg was: reality.

Podcasts

The VFX behind the forging of the Three Rings in ‘The Rings of Power’

Posted onDecember 13, 2022

What went into making molten metal and more.

Articles

Inside the mechanical and 3D printed puppet head process used for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’

Posted onDecember 12, 2022December 13, 2022

We break down how the puppets were built for the stop-motion feature.

Articles

Bending the physics

Posted onDecember 12, 2022December 12, 2022

Why the VFX of ‘RRR’ are both outlandish and grounded in reality at the same time.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch this ‘Slumberland’ VFX reel

Posted onDecember 11, 2022

The work was overseen by VFX supervisor Adrian de Wet and VFX producer Eve Fizzinoglia.

VFX Breakdowns

Thing from ‘Wednesday’ and the on-set performance

Posted onDecember 10, 2022

A newly released video is out.

Articles

How those Talokan underwater scenes in ‘Wakanda Forever’ were made

Posted onDecember 9, 2022

Find out more details about how the civilization under the surface was brought to life by Wētā FX, including all that corn.

VFX Breakdowns

World building in ‘Black Adam’

Posted onDecember 9, 2022

A look at the Unreal Engine builds.

Articles

Making the koids in ‘The Peripheral’ involved some ingenious deepfake techniques

Posted onDecember 9, 2022January 26, 2023

One of the computer game sim sequences also relied on AI approaches.

Podcasts

Upending the classic VFX approach: ‘Everything Everywhere all at Once’

Posted onDecember 9, 2022

How only a small number of VFX artists managed a massive effort on the film. And yes we ALSO talk about Raccacoonie.

Articles

They sent us Shuri’s costume with a very big note saying, basically, ‘Do not burn this’

Posted onDecember 7, 2022December 7, 2022

How the emotional main-on-end title sequence for Wakanda Forever was made with real cloth, wind and fire.

VFX Breakdowns

The flying stunt rigs (and robots) that made The Rock fly in ‘Black Adam’

Posted onDecember 7, 2022

A new official featurette details the flying rigs.

Articles

One of the tech papers at SIGGRAPH Asia this week showcases tech developed for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Posted onDecember 6, 2022December 6, 2022

Meet Animatomy.

Podcasts, VFX Insight

How Reallusion’s automatic character rigging app AccuRIG came to be

Posted onDecember 5, 2022

Reallusion’s John Martin joins the befores & afters podcast to explain. Today on a special VFX Insight edition of the befores & afters podcast, we’re …

Articles

Going from bluescreen partial set to intense Wakandan/Talokanil at-sea battle

Posted onDecember 5, 2022

How Digital Domain helped craft Wakanda Forever’s ship attack.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Wednesday’

Posted onDecember 3, 2022

Victor Dorobantu as Thing on the set of ‘Wednesday’.

Articles

Motion bases and making mayhem, in the volume

Posted onDecember 1, 2022December 3, 2022

How that stunning ‘House of the Dragon’ series one finale dragon fight was brought to life with new approaches to virtual production. Season one of …

VFX Breakdowns

See how those glorious views of Mount Doom were created

Posted onDecember 1, 2022December 1, 2022

Watch Cause and FX’s VFX breakdown of their work for ‘The Rings of Power’.

Podcasts

From ‘Gravity’ tethers to, literally, Ragdoll Dynamics

Posted onNovember 30, 2022November 30, 2022

A history of how this Maya plugin came to be. 

Articles

‘Show me something gross’

Posted onNovember 29, 2022December 1, 2022

The special effects and visual effects behind Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.

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